Website title: Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter)
was not a hero or a role model

Was his death an accident or a judgment from God?

This first issue I'd like to address here is why ask this question? There are two reasons. First, it should be acknowledged that in conservative Christian circles all around the world this question has probably come up many times already. Christians who are familiar with the Bible know that God can and will take this kind of action if he has a mind to do so. So it's a fair question from a Biblical perspective. Second, if this truly was a judgment from God, then it may have been done to make a point he wanted the rest of us to understand. That point could be a) there are limits to his patience, b) he's watching and keeping score, c) a reminder that he is not just a God of love and mercy, but also of wrath and judgment. Again, Christians are already considering that possibility, but the secular media seems oblivious to it. If you're not aware that it at least could have been a judgment from God, then you may completely miss the point(s) God was trying to make.

Only God knows with certainty the answer to that question. However, it is naive to dismiss the possibility that God may have directed his wrath against him just because of how "good" one thinks Mr. Irwin may have been. It also demonstrates a poor understanding of what God tells us about himself concerning his wrath and judgment. There are several reasons to at least consider the possibility that his "accidental" death may in fact have been a judgment from God.

1. Mr. Irwin engaged in what God tells us in scriptures that he considers to be an exceptionally wicked practice of causing Christians to stumble in their faith. He did this by his unrepentant promotion of evolutionism.
2. Because he had such a large worldwide audience and was so entertaining and likeable (and therefore very influential), common sense would suggest that he was probably a very large blip on God's radar screen.
3. God tells us in Romans 9 that he sometimes will put up with (what he refers to as "longsuffering") with those who are engaged in unrepentant wickedness so that at some point he can make an example of them by eventually directing his wrath against them.
4. Given the completely unexpected way Mr. Irwin was killed by a normally docile creature that has only killed 2 other people in Australia prior to this, it almost looks like God may have caught him off-guard the very same way he's going to catch millions of other non-Christians off-guard when he returns to the Earth in his glorious second coming. See if the way Mr. Irwin died doesn't bear some small resemblance to this prophecy in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 about the end-times, but on a much smaller scale.

If you're not aware that it at least could have been a judgment from God, then you may completely miss the point(s) God was trying to make.

But what if his point is just that people shouldn't be sneaking up on stingrays?

Isn't there some Bible passage somewhere that says that no one can know what God's reasons are for anything? Seems like this person is just assigning whatever meaning he wants to this event and proclaiming it as God's will. God doesn't like it when you put words in his mouth.

So... If Steve Irwin was killed for promoting evolution and Stalin lived a fairly long life, does that mean that teaching evolution is worse than order 20 million people killed? God's got fucked up priorities.

this has got to be the biggest bunch of self-promotion bullshit i've seen in a whileso because god feels that irwin has some sort of influence over people, no not god this fucktard feels this, he deserved to die?what a heart-less asshole

What the fuck is \"evolutionism\"? There is no such thing you dipshit! It's the Theory of Evolution that is a part of biological science; it's not a fucking cult, you asshole.

You are also saying that because Steve was likable, he was a big \"blip\" on god's \"radar\" and therefore god killed him? This makes sense to you? You are an unimaginable bastard.

Here in Australia, people loved the man and will remember him for years and years to come. Your shitty god did nothing apart from shooting himself in his own holy foot. Go die in a ditch, you piece of shit.

Let's examine the core of this, god punished someone for believing in something that is proven to exist/happen. How can god be so stupid to \"cause\" this to happen and yet nobody is getting the message? Was that really a crystal clear way to show his displeasure? No one but fundies are making the connection, how is that a point that everyone will understand?Sure being attacked by a stingray is a rare event, but not unheard of. Steve Irwin worked with animals for decades, including very dangerous ones. After a million or so poisonous and deadly animals, it is no surprise that it was one of them that killed him.Your Bushesque fear-mongering does nothing but make people hate you and your god. With all of the ills in the world, that was the best he could do? He would be fired if he worked for me. But anybody who would believe in a 6000 year old earth despite all of the evidence to the contrary obviously isn't too bright to begin with. You and your ilk completely disgust me.